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No. 606,648. Patented luly 5,1898. F. A. DEBIZE L.F. CHASSEIGNE.

MANUFACTUBE 0F WOODEN MATCHES. (Application alga Dec.v 2s, 1897..)

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No. 606,648. Patented July 5, |898.

F. A. DEBIZE"'&. L.-F. CHASSE-IGNE., 1

MANUFAGTURE 0F WUUDEN MATCHES.

(Application filed Dec. 23, 1897.)

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FRANQOIS ALPHONSE DEBIZE AND LOUIS FIRMIN CHASSEIGNE, OF PARlS,

. FRANCE.

- MANUFAOTU RE- OFl WOODEN MATCHES.

A SPECIFICATION forming perfor' Letters Patent No.`eo6,e1s`,aate6 July 5, 1898.

Application 6166' December 26, 1897. serai No. 666,165. (No modem Patented in ma@ December 24, i896, ini-262,564.

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Be it known that we, FRANoIs ALPHONSE DEBIZE and LoUIs FIRMIN CHAssEIGNE, citizens of the Republicof France, residing at Faris, France, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Machinery for Making Matches, (for whichrwe have obtained the construction and arrangement of such a machine.

The principal object of our invention is to provide afmachinewherein Wooden matches may be continuously and quickly manufac` tured and a machine which shall possess great advantages inthe placing of the matches in the press of the .machineand in their support and transportation during the several opera.- tions of manufacture of the matches therein.A

Our invention consists, essentially, of .a press adapted to receive the match-splints, keep them in proper position,-remove them from the illing mechanism, and transport them to theV otherV mechanism necessary for their completion, the said press comprising two plates similarly perforated and having the perforations registering, said plates being immovably connected by two end pieces'and a cross-bar traversed by a series of tluted: rods or cylinders which are permitted to move lon-Y gitudinally in one direction to receive the y match-splints and inthe other direction 'to hold said splints in positionin the press, and,

` second, of lixed grids adapted to receive the match-splints, pushers adapted to feed the splints 'on the grids, tipping blocks arranged adjacent .to 'theY grids and provided with grooves adapted to receive the splints as they are pushed on the grids, said tipping blocks Y adapted to tilt into vertical direction, feedingvrollers arranged below the blocks and adapted to propel the 'splintstrom the blocks when the same areinla vertical position, and a xedgr'oov'e'd' partition arranged between the tilting`blocks and abovethe feeding-rollers; and our invention further consists of a machine for manufacturing wooden matches,

constructedand arranged in substantially the man'nerhereinafter described and claimed.

The nature and scope of our invention will be more fully understood from the following f description, takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof, j

in whichl Figure 1 is a top'or plan view ofthe press for the match-splints. Fig.' 2 is a't-ransverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. are detailed sections, enlarged, showing, respectively, the position assumed by the liuted rods or cylinders when the match-splints are released from and held in the press. Fig.' 5 isa plan View, partly in section, illustrating the mechanism for feeding the splints to the r press; and Fig. 6 is a vertical section on the line'G 6 of Fig. 5.

In the drawings each of the presses A (of which Fig. l shows a plan, Fig. 2 a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, and Figs; Sand 4 detail sections) is composed of two similarly-perforated plates a and a', the holes in which perfectly correspond and which are immovably united by two end pieces a2 and a3 and a crossbarcti.. These end pieces and cross-bar are traversed bya series of iiuted cylinders a5, located between the two plates and which slightlyA project beyond the said end pieces.

vThese cylin ders,whose ends are conical, carry lutings a6 a a, equal in number to the holes pierced on a same line in the plates. Spiral springs al as, placedupon the Iiuted cylinders, bear one side against collars a9 amand the other side against one of the end pieces or y against the cross-bar. Longitudinal displacement of the cylinders is limited by pins au a. Studs als am @15 a, fixed upon the end pieces,

; are for the purpose of transporting the presses by means of apparatus which will be further described.

To introduce the match-splints into the Figs. 3 and 4' IOO matches are pressed and held safely in the press. To empty these presses,'the fluted cyliuders are acted upon in the same direction as for the introduction of the splints. This operation is therefore carried ont very easily and allows the matches to be very rapidly packed in boxes.

The general view of this machine is shown in Fig. 5, which is a partial horizontal section on the line 5 5 of Fig. t). Fig. (5 is a vertical section on the line 6 t5 of Fig. 5.

The part I3 of this machine causes the separation of the matclrsplints and their introduction into the presses A. It is composed of, first, two fixed grids t" b2; second, four pushers b3 l# fr and another which does not appear; third, two movable grooved blocks D7 bs; fourth, propelling-rollers b Z110; fifth, a fixed partition with grooves bu.

The match-splints placed in hoppers above the fixed grids D' b2 are shaken by these hoppers and enter by series into the spaces in these grids. The pushers ffl b4 b5 D" push each series of splints into the grooves in the movable blocks ZIT bs. As soon as blocks bl b3 are charged with splints they are brought into the vertical position indicated by dots in Fig. G. In this movement they take with them the splints, which also assume a vertical position and enter between the fixed partition b and the rollers fr and Z110. These rollers, to which a rapid movement of rotation is given` take the splints and cause them to enter into the holes in the press A, placed below. A table U2 limits the descent of the splints through the holes in the plates of the press. The tables D13 and hlV1 serve to support the several parts just described and guide the match-splin ts during their passage from the grids b b2 onto the blocks ZF Ut. rIhe spaces in the grids, the grooves in the movable blocks, and the grooves in the fixed partition, as well as the holes in the press, correspond.

The third part of this invention serves to effect the transport of the presses and to keep them at rest during the introduction of the splints. It is composed of, first, two movable notched rails c c2. (Partially shown in Figs. and G.) These two rails are carried at each end by two eccentrics c3 c4, keyed upon the same shaft, which communicates to them a continuous rotary movement. Second, two fixed notched rails cil c6. The twO movable rails c' ce have for their object to slightly raise and to cause the presses to intermittently advance through the machine in such a manner that these presses successively presentl each double row of holes below the splints brought forward by the part Il. The fixed rails c c serve to support the presses by means of studs am d (Lft/.16 and keep them at rest during the introduction of the splints.

The notches formed both in the fixed 1novable rails and in which the studs al a a a1G of the pressesare placed assure to the presses a predetermined position during their time of travel as well as during their period of rest.

It may be remarked that this machine may be employed alone or may enter into the composition of a machine for the continuous manufacture of wooden matches. In the latter case the presses A will succeed each other atregularintervals. Afterbeingchargedwith splints by the press-filling machine, as has just been described, they will transport the splints to the various other machines. After being freed from the finished matches they will take a fresh charge of splints from the press-filling machine.

It may be remarked that although plates pierced with oval holes are shown they may be given any suitable shape.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of oursaid invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim isl. In a machine ofthe characterdescribed, a press adapted to receive, maintain and transport match-splints, comprising two parallel perforated plates, the perforations of one plate registering with those of the other, end pieces immovably securing the plates in parallel relationship and a series of longitu dinally-movable fluted cylinders arranged between the plates and each directly in line with the perforations in the plates, whereby when the cylinders are moved in one direction the splints maybe introduced into the perforations of the plates and when moved in the opposite direction the splints are held firmly in position in said plates, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In a machine of the character described, a fixed grid upon which the match-splints are adapted to rest, a pusher adapted to move the splints on the grid, a movable tilting block adapted in one position to receive the splints from the grid, a fixed grooved partition arranged adjacent to the block and to which the splints are presented when the block is tilted, and a propelling or feed roller located adjacent to the partition and adapted to propel the splint from said partition, substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. In a machine of the characterdescribed, a match-press, comprising two perforated plates the perforations whereof register, means for locking match-splints in the perforations of said plates and for releasing said splints, two stationary rails provided with notches adapted to support the press in stationary position, and two movable rails adapted to move upward to raise said press from the stationary rails and to support said press, said movable rails also adapted when raised to Amove forward to feed the press, substan tially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCOIS ALPHONSE DICBIZE.

LOUIS FIRMIN CIIASSEIGNE. lVitnesses:

G. DE MnsTnAL,

EDWARD P. MACLEAN.

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